brianmario/charlock_holmes
Character encoding detection, brought to you by ICU observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 90
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5489
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 63
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1083 stars · 152 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Ruby library for character encoding detection built on top of ICU. It detects the encoding of arbitrary text or binary content and can transcode content between encodings.
Use cases
- detect the encoding of a file or string in ruby
- convert legacy-encoded text to utf-8
- identify binary vs text content
- normalize encoding of user-uploaded files
- set ruby string encodings automatically from detected content
When to choose
- you need robust encoding detection in a ruby project
- you must transcode content from unknown encodings to utf-8
- you want ICU-backed detection accuracy
When to avoid
- you are not working in ruby
- you only handle guaranteed-utf-8 content
- you cannot install native extensions or ICU
Facets
library · maturity stable
nlp parser serialization developer-tools text-editors ruby cross-platform character-encoding icu encoding-detection transcoding ruby-gem natural-language-processing
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/brianmario/charlock_holmes · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4483d0eb9569
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| brianmario/charlock_holmes | main | 63 |
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